The Lay Of the Hen

“The spring has come, it’s time to hatch

     Ideas and egglets too;

All winter long, in rain or shine

     I’ve laid right in for you.

Now please go way and let me ‘lone,

     Yours truly please forget;

I’m tired of laying all the while

     And now I want to set.

“O, kut, kut, kerdocket!

     Look down here in my pocket;

I’ve got twelve eggs around my legs,

     O, kut, kut, kerdocket!”

“Come round and see me in two weeks,

     And see what I have done;

I’ll shew a dozen little chicks

     All setting in the sun.

I’m tired of laying something by

     For rainy days you bet.

I cannot stand it anymore,

     Please sir, I’ve got to set.”

“O, kut, kut, kerdocket!

     I want to set, don’t block it;

Don’t you forget I’m set on set,,

     O, kut, kut, kerdocket!”

March 18, ‘09